Inspection record, Mill Valley

Clements Tree Service Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jan 27, 2020

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Fatality or catastrophe inspection in Mill Valley: 4 citations, $15,900, 1 death investigated. The employer's only inspection on record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Clements Tree Service Inc. at 803 Chamberlain Ct, Mill Valley (Marin County) on Jan 27, 2020. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 7 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (2 serious) and proposed $15,900 in penalties; the current total is $15,900. The case closed on Aug 13, 2020. 1 worker died in the event that led to this inspection.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3395(I), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Jul 27, 2020. Proposed $300, current $300. 7 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3421(M), Logging, general General
Issued Jul 27, 2020. Proposed $300, current $300. 7 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3421(F), Logging, general Serious
Issued Jul 27, 2020. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 7 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3427(C) Serious
Issued Jul 27, 2020. Proposed $12,600, current $12,600. 7 workers exposed. Read the rule.

The accident

Jan 27, 2020. Employee is struck and killed by falling tree
Keywords: head,rigging,struck by,tree,tree felling 1 death

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 344586037. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 344586037, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. Back to the safety tracker.

About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.

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